Giuliani Hedges On Torture

Debating Iran: [Dan Balz, The
Washington Post]: "Iran
is now the front line in a foreign policy debate that has found Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) defending a vote that her rivals said could embolden President
Bush to once again launch unilateral military action against a Middle Eastern
nation."

Subjective Torture?: [Michael
Cooper, The
New York Times]: "Asked at a community meeting here whether he
considered waterboarding torture, Mr. Giuliani said: 'It depends on how it’s
done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it.'"

Levin v. New Hampshire: [Roger Simon, Politico]:
"Sen. Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, threatened Wednesday to hold Michigan’s presidential nominating contest on the same
day as the New Hampshire primary in order to
end New Hampshire’s
'cockamamie' first-in-the nation role."

Family Time: [Amy
Lorentzen, AP]:
"Clinton
said that starts with extending the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which
now allows workers at businesses with at least 50 employees to take unpaid
leave to care for ill family members or a new child. Clinton wants to drop the threshold to 25
employees."